Weekend (Point)
by Christopher Pike
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Author: Christopher PikeEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-09-01
ISBN: 0590442562
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Book Reviews of Weekend (Point)
Book Review: "By Sunday they were just trying to stay alive."
Summary: 4 Stars
Eight Hoover High seniors (Shani Tucker, one of the main characters; Park Jacomini, another protagonist; Kerry Ladd, Angie Houston, Sol Celaya, Lena Carlton, Bert Billings, and Flynn Powers) all make plans to travel down the California coast to Mexico and spend the weekend in Lena and her sister's large family vacation home. Residing in the mansion is Robin Carlton, once an active teenager and their close friend, but now a shut-in. She is slowly dying from permanent kidney damage that resulted from her "accidentally" ingesting a large amount of insecticide at a party one year ago. And, to this day, someone hasn't forgotten the incident, because soon all nine teens are stranded in the house when their transportation is destroyed in an explosion--which kills one of the teen's inside the van--and the phone lines are cut.Everyone seems to have a secret about that night at the party, including Flynn (aka Michael Ryan Richardson), who wasn't even there but has shady motives for tagging along with the group in Mexico. For me, it was pretty easy to guess Flynn's real identity, but I won't give anything away. It's worth finding out on your own. One drawback to the book (in my opinion) was the shaman's story about Snake, Eagle, Dove, and Raven, which was a bit unnecessary and silly, though it did foreshadow events scheduled to happen later on in the book.
Although "Weekend" isn't my favorite Pike book, it is one of the more memorable books I've read by him, particularly because of the Mexican setting ("Don't drink the water!") and the beginning scene where Lena is trimming cacti in a bikini, of all things. It's definitely worth reading if you're into Scholastic YA Thrillers, and especially if you're a Christopher Pike fan.
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